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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUIA MULTUM AMAVI, by OSCAR WILDE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Dear heart, I think the young impassioned priest Last Line: The suns that go to make one speedwell blue! Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills | |||
DEAR Heart, I think the young impassioned priest When first he takes from out the hidden shrine His God imprisoned in the Eucharist, And eats the bread, and drinks the dreadful wine, Feels not such awful wonder as I felt When first my smitten eyes beat full on thee, And all night long before thy feet I knelt Till thou wert wearied of Idolatry. Ah! had'st thou liked me less and loved me more, Through all those summer days of joy and rain, I had not now been sorrow's heritor, Or stood a lackey in the House of Pain. Yet, though remorse, youth's white-faced seneschal Tread on my heels with all his retinue, I am most glad I loved thee -- think of all The suns that go to make one speedwell blue! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA by OSCAR WILDE E TENEBRIS [FROM THE SHADOWS] by OSCAR WILDE EASTER DAY [IN ROME] by OSCAR WILDE FANTAISIES DECORATIVES: 2. LES BALLOONS by OSCAR WILDE IMPRESSION DU MATIN by OSCAR WILDE IMPRESSIONS: LA FUITE DE LA LUNE by OSCAR WILDE IMPRESSIONS: LES SILHOUETTES by OSCAR WILDE IN THE GOLD ROOM by OSCAR WILDE ON THE SALE BY AUCTION OF KEATS' LOVE LETTERS by OSCAR WILDE |
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